2008 African Women's Championship qualification

The 2008 African Women's Championship qualification process was organized by the Confederation of African Football to decide the participating teams of the 2008 African Women's Championship. Equatorial Guinea qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by qualifying rounds, which took place from November 2007 to March 2008.

Teams

A total of 22 national teams entered qualification. The qualification was in two rounds, with each match taking place over 2 legs. In the first round, the 16 lowest-ranked nations were drawn in pairs. The eight winners joined six other national teams in the 2nd round, where the seven winners together with the hosts qualified for the finals.
Teams who withdrew before playing a match are in italics.

Round	Teams entering round	No. of teams
First round	' '	16
Second round		6
Qualifying rounds	Total	22
Final tournament		1

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
The seven winners of the final round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Round	Leg	Date
First round	First leg	30 November 2007
First round	Second leg	16 December 2007
Second round	First leg	24 February 2008
Second round	Second leg	8 March 2008

First round

Was played between 30 November and 16 December 2007. Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and South Africa had a bye to the second round.

Matches

Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
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''Tunisia advanced on walkover after Egypt withdrew.''

Second round

Played between 24 February and 8 March 2008.

Matches

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Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
	Hosts		1
	Winners against Tanzania	8 March 2008	6
	Winners against DR Congo	8 March 2008	Debut
	Winners against Ivory Coast	8 March 2008	7
	Winners against Guinea	8 March 2008	3
	Winners against Namibia	8 March 2008	7
	Winners against Zimbabwe	8 March 2008	6
	Winners against Algeria	8 March 2008	Debut